The Gift of Communication

I fell this morning. Like a legit fall.

I bounced back up quick but I knew I had hurt my knee.

I pulled up my pant leg and sure enough a huge bruise was already forming.

I’ll also admit my ego was a bit bruised too. Falling. So embarrassing!

Thankfully, no one saw me. Or so I thought.

Minutes ago I heard a familiar sound coming from my son’s iPad.

The Daniel Tiger episode where Miss Elaina gets hurt.

I watched Cooper, sitting cross legged on the ground, move his arms and hands to the music.

He swayed and smiled and pointed to me. More specifically my knee.

Then walked over, bent down, gasped at the bruise and offered it a kiss.

But he wasn’t finished. He pointed to the bandaid in the episode.

And back to me.

Communication. What a beautiful, magical gift.

My son Cooper is 11 years old. On a paper in my drawer it says he has level three nonverbal autism.

And in this moment, I am in awe of his amazing nonspeaking skills.

Empathy. Love. Worry. Awareness.

All gifts that he shared with me today.

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